Shorter Workday, Higher Productivity? Exploring Why Less Can Be More
Episode 172: The End of the 40-Hour Week🔗 Read the full article here: https://smartkeys.org/shorter-workday-higher-productivity/
In this episode of the SmartKeys podcast, we challenge the industrial-era relic of the 8-hour workday. We discuss why the standard "9-to-5" is mismatched with the biological limits of knowledge work, often leading to "presenteeism"—where employees sit at their desks just to run out the clock rather than producing value.
Based on the strategic guide by Felix Römer, we explore the science behind Parkinson’s Law ("Work expands to fill the time available") and examine…
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